Time for the third installment of the Ask An Ultrarunner synchroblog leading up to the 2010 Western States Endurance Run. We’ve received great questions from you readers. Please keep ’em coming and we’ll do our best to answer them. Today we tackle three of them. Enjoy. Western States Widow asks: It’s Western States training season …
Guest Post by Balloon Knot (Chris Thornley) On January 12, 2010 I faced one of the most difficult mental challenges of my life. Trying to leave the boat ramp at Lee’s Ferry with my sweetheart Katie standing on the shore proved to be a monumental obstacle. I kept reminding myself before the trip that all …
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Guest Post by White Trash (Alan Abbs) Twenty three hours into the 2010 Barkley Marathons, I shuffle up to the infamous yellow gate to check out on Lap 3. Laz makes a joke about how now that I’ve done 2 loops, the next 3 should be easy. I play along, because there’s still that slim …
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Time for the second installment of the Ask An Ultrarunner synchroblog series leading up to the 2010 Western States 100 on June 26. Thanks to everybody who has submitted questions. We’ve decided to answer three questions from BK, Joe Lee, and GG to PHS Runner who will each get a t-shirt for their contributions. BK …
Are you a WS splits geek? Have you tried studying all the splits for different years from the WS website? Excel files, pdfs, text files, google spreadsheets, etc. While it is awesome to have all the splits available, it is cumbersome to compare different years or different people. Gary Wang, 11 time WS finisher, the …